IT is always going to be tough for Fletcher Pilon to sing Infinite Child, the song he wrote in tribute to his brother Banjo.

Fletcher’s 10-year-old brother was killed in a tragic accident when he was hit by a car while skateboarding near his Central Coast home last August.

It was just days after the family celebrated the announcement Fletcher had been hand-picked by Cody Simpson to perform at his Australian concerts.

After his brother’s death, the 15-year-old musician and surfer wrote Infinite Child and summoned the courage to perform it at the auditions for the return season of Australia’s Got Talent.

His emotional performance and the beauty of the acoustic song about his little brother, a boy Fletcher describes as always being happy and pursuing fun, moved judges including Sophie Monk, and audience members to tears.

He said family, including his parents Jilly and Mic and sister Gabbi, feel Banjo’s presence in their lives.

Keeping close ... Fletcher and his family, including mum Jilly, feel Banjo is still very much in their lives through his music. Picture: Peter Clark.Source:News Corp Australia

“Obviously it was really hard to get through, it’s tough every time I play it, ” Fletcher said this week as footage of him singing Infinite Child on AGT aired ahead of its February 1 broadcast.

“I feel him with me all the time, talk to him all the time. There’s really two choices when you find yourself in these circumstances and we could sit around and be sad which is understandable. But knowing my brother, who just wanted to have fun and be happy, has helped me always look at the bright side of life.”

Fletcher has always known he wanted to sing and play music. He has been playing gigs at venues and markets near his home for a few years and performed on the first series of The Voice Kids in 2014.

Always together ... The Pilon family before Banjo (bottom right) was killed in a tragic accident. Picture: Supplied.Source:News Corp Australia

He released his debut EP Banjo just before Christmas, which features Infinite Child and another song the Pilon family hold dear, the Muddy Waters blues classic Hoochie Coochie Man.

It was a song Banjo was learning to play on the drums and the brothers planned to jam on it together but never had the opportunity.

“That was one of the first songs my guitar teacher taught me when I was about 11 and Banjo wanted to do it at his end of year concert. He had this grunty, bluesy way of singing it,” Fletcher said.

“It was the last song I played to him in hospital with my family all singing it.”

Fletcher said he chose to audition for Australia’s Got Talent because it was an opportunity to introduce his own music to people rather than perform covers. He has also been working with the Musicians Making A Difference initiative, writing and recording with youth affected by abuse or homelessness.

“Music is what I want to do with my life and even before my brother’s accident, I didn’t want to waste time, I wanted to work hard at it and this felt like a great way to assist me on my journey with music as well as gigging every weekend,” he said.

“I want to be in a position where I can help people in their day-to-day lives with my music — and get a van so I can go on trips to Byron to surf and play my guitar. That’s my 17-year-old goal.”

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